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A green roof will be installed atop a planned Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. The roof will span most of the building's 433,555 square feet, Facebook says. The plan is for the roof to allow growth of oak trees and accommodate a walking trail.

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Green roofs are growing in popularity atop Sonoma County, Calif., businesses, including a drive-through vegetarian restaurant and a water recycling facility. Good plant choices for green roofs include herbaceous ground covers with shallow root systems such as Echeveria elegans, Yucca gloriosa and various sedums. Additionally, dwarf ornamental grasses can bring texture and movement to the landscape.

Installation of a green roof atop a 68,500-square-foot building in Santa Clara County, Calif., has helped its developer attract a tenant while allowing it to pursue LEED Platinum certification, according to this article. Rob Zirkle from architecture firm Brick said the green roof was built for recreational purposes and to absorb excess stormwater. The green roof added costs because it requires seismic reinforcement and considers gravity loads, Zirkle said.

Frank Gehry's architectural design for a 433,555-square-foot Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif., includes a large and extensive green roof. The roof will span the length of the elongated building, which will be 45 feet tall to 73 feet tall. The structure will be built to allow growth of oak trees and to accommodate a walking trail on the roof.

A rooftop forest and park are expected to top Facebook's proposed West Campus development in Menlo Park, Calif. The roof of the 430,000-square-foot building will hold about four feet of soil in some areas, architect Craig Webb said. The roof would have oaks and other trees, which means the design of the building must be such to ensure it can hold the load.

A vegetative roof has been installed atop a new building at the Carmel Middle School in Monterey County, Calif., in a bid to make the building more environmentally friendly. "In a lot of ways, it's cutting-edge: The fact that they have the vegetative roof, a lot of natural light and they deal with rainwater coming off the building in an intelligent way," said Jordan Daniels, co-chairman of the Monterey Bay chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.